Varanasi

PM Modi to inaugurate widened NH stretch, attend Dev Deepawali in Varanasi on Monday

10:14 pm November 28, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Monday to inaugurate a six-lane stretch of the national highway between the city and Prayagraj, and will also attend Dev Deepawali there. A PMO statement said on Saturday that Modi will also undertake a site visit of Kashi Vishwanath temple corridor project and go to the Sarnath archaeological site as well. The 73-km […]

IndiGo resumes over 650 weekly flights to and from Uttar Pradesh

11:43 pm November 18, 2020

New Delhi: IndiGo on Wednesday said it has resumed more than 650 weekly flights to and from Uttar Pradesh. The low-cost carrier has resumed operations from four cities in Uttar Pradesh — Lucknow, Varanasi, Prayagraj and Gorakhpur, it said in a release. “The airline witnessed highest air travel demand from Lucknow which is directly connected to 13 domestic destinations, […]

Maha celebrates Diwali in toned-down manner amid COVID-19

‘Local for Diwali’: Senior ministers, BJP leaders back PM’s call, urge people to buy local products

11:36 pm November 9, 2020

New Delhi: Several senior ministers and BJP leaders on Monday backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for promoting ‘local for Diwali‘ and urged people to buy local products this festive season. Prime Minister Modi made a fervent appeal to people to promote ‘local for Diwali’ big time and buy local products this festival season, saying […]

Diwali shopping boosted retail sales of certain categories: Retailers

PM asks people to buy local products this Diwali

1:21 pm November 9, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday made a fervent appeal to people that along with ‘vocal for local’, they should promote ‘local for Diwali’ big time and buy local products this festival season. Celebrating Diwali with local will give a new boost to the economy, he said. While extending festival greetings to people, […]

PM inaugurates, lays foundation stone of development projects for Varanasi

1:16 pm November 9, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various development projects for Varanasi, including those related to agriculture, tourism and infrastructure. The total cost implication of these projects is Rs 614 crore, according to the Prime Minister’s Office. The prime minister also interacted with some of the beneficiaries […]